After World War II, tens of thousands of U.S. soldiers mutinied — and won

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."The story began just after the war concluded with Japan’s surrender in August 1945. That same month, threatened with left-wing independence movements in its far-flung overseas territories and across Asia, the U.S. government decided that rather than fully demobilize the military, it would maintain a troop force of 2.5 million.


That did not go over well with the soldiers’ families, who bombarded their congressional representatives with photos of children missing their fathers and pairs of baby shoes with tags reading “Bring Daddy home.” Washington relented, and soldiers packed their bags, until President Harry S. Truman panicked at the “dangerous speed” of demobilization and ordered a slowdown in January 1946."...

Now that's the way to protest.

I remember hearing our parents and relatives discussing these incidents in the early 50's at family gatherings etc. (so many of them were veterans).

We have laws, we have events/incidents, riots and all flavors of military or civilian disobedience. When they occur we have processes to deal with them. In the military, we have the Courts Martial and in the civilian domain the criminal courts. Short of an execution, laws provide a remedy for excess along the way or after the fact.

Ultimately, we also need to remember We-The-People are the government. Authorities, elected or appointed officials are only our servants. Sooner or later we figure it out and hopefully justice prevails.